Author: Scott Turow

Title: Limitations

Genre: Thriller, Suspense and Mystery

Genre Heading: Legal Stories

Publication Date: 2006

Number of Pages: 197

Geographical Setting:

Kindle County, Illinois. This is a fictional setting that he uses in his other novels.   George Mason is from Southern Virginia that plays into his character.

Time Period: Present Day

Series (If applicable): NA

Plot Summary:

George Mason is a judge who has been part of a gang rape in his youth.  Know he is forced to decide on a case that is similar to his.  His wife is getting treatment for cancer and can’t confide in her because she is unable to handle the stress.  In the meantime he is trying to find out who is sending him death threats and deals with a carjacking.  He then finds out about the threats, confides in his wife and makes a decision on the gang rape case

Subject Headings: 

Rape—Fiction  Kindle County (Imaginary place)—Fiction

Appeal:

3 terms that best describe this book:

Fast-paced, complex, dark

Similar Authors and Works (why are they similar?):  They are all courtroom and legal thrillers.

David Baldacci’s Camel Club

John Grisham’s Pelican Brief                                      

Lisa Scottoline’s  Save Me

3 Relevant Non-Fiction Works and Authors:

Trial and Error: the Education of a Courtroom Lawyer by John C. Tucker

The Writer’s Guide to the Courtroom:  Let’s Quill All the Lawyers by Donna Ballman

Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse by Steve Bogira

3 Relevant Fiction Works and Authors:

Steve Martini’s Trader of Secrets

Nancy T Rosenberg ‘s Buried Evidence

Jay Brandon’s  Dead Bolt